Improvement in hoese-eakes



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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, OZIBL NIVISON, of the town of I-Iector, Schuyler county, New York, have invented an Improved Horse-Rake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to the letters thereon.

Figure 1 is a View of my horse-rake, and

. vFigures 2and 3 are parts thereof.

My object is to so improve a rake, dumping or unloading by the action of a spring, that the work of the rake shall be better done than with a spring alone; and'also touse my improvement so that I can unload a rake easily when no spring is used. This I accomplish by various devices, which arc- First. Lengthening of the rod between the parts controlling the teeth and the spring-lever, and making on the forward ond ofthe said rod a stirrup for the foot: of the operator, thus making my rake dum-p or unload mainly by the spring, but aided and controlled by thestirrup.

Second. I join` the pressure-bar and the rake-head by a rigid circular piece, which has the eifect of making the staple and pressure-bar a part of the rake-head, by their inilexibilityu; and at the same time the extreme convexity of the said'oircular piece gives such a point of attachment that it subserves and accomplishes another purpose, viz, of a more powerful point of motion, thus making the unloading of the rake an casier process.

Third. Still further to aid in the unloading of the rake, I construct two or more hinge-pieces, also connecting the rake-head and the staple-bar, when united as described, and near the middle of these I hinge or pivot the rake, so that it there turns in unloading, thus making the weight of the head `aid in the unloading. Several holes are made in this piece, so that it is adjustable to the varied articles raked, and thus give greater capacity to the rake. The hinges are on rods or parts, also hinged at their other ends, and playing in staples on the axles, for the purpose of allowing the rake and its load teva-ry with the surface of thc ground, while the I carriage goes on, its 'wheels also varying with the surface they pass over.

In the drawings, A and A, iig. I, are the thills, frame, and wheels of the rnke-carriagmvand B is the rakehead, and C is the staple and pressure-bar, rigidly connected by the pieces D, and E is the rod connecting the circular pieces D and the spring-arm F; andthe spring coiled about a shaft, held in place by the ratchet, G, acts through E and D on the united staple-bnr and head. The end of E is extended beyond the pivot at F,

` and has on its extremity the foot-stirrup, S. rIhe handdever I?. is part of the jointed levers and rods con-v necting D .I, and I. The Variable 'rods or parts I1, are hinged in front, at T, toa cross-bar of the carriageframe, go through the staples N, out of the axle, and are also hinged, at I), to the plate P, connecting the staple-bar and head.

In fig. 2, the plate Pis seen enlarged and hy itself, and shows thc holes for adjusting the rake to the variable rods, L; and in iig. 3 the circular pieces D are seen by themselves. v

The uses of my invention are apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

Claims.

1. The'foot-stirrup S, arranged in connection with the spring Gr, so that the operator can thereby aid the spring in unloading the rake, as described.

2. The hinge-plates P, connecting the staple-bar C and rake-head I3, and provided with a series of holes, in combination with the hinged rods L, so that the weight of the head thereon aids in unloading lthe rake, as set forth.

3. The combination of the spring G, rod E, provided With the foot-stirrup S, circular piece D, hinge-plates P, pressure-bar C, and head B, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

i OZIEL NIVISON.

Witnesses SAMUEL J. PARKER, T'. J. McEnHEuY. 

